Quilling machine



yJune 5', 1923.

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June 5, 1923.

G. ADSIT QUILLING MACHINE Filed Oct. 6. 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Arm/wirJune 5, 1923. 1,457,294

3. AEJSTT QUILLING MACHINE Filed Oct. G. 1921 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 1mm/ron,

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A fron/vir Patented June 5, 1923.

GEORGEADSIT, on PATERsoN; NEWJERSEY; AssIGNefRiToifnmmfrawbi COMPANY,F"PiwrEnso-lvgfNEWl JERSEY; A coRPURATNfoFtW JERSEY? QUILHNG MACHINE;

- afppueauontmea .oem-er: 6,21921. stream-f;Y 505mm.

' l 5 Figure- 1 Vislawvewf shwing. in I side.elevation."onefofithefqnilling units 4in operative p0- *sition on arailaotheiy fran1e, which. railandthesdiI-iving..belt-iagpearfinsection, thiswew shew/ving.. anoppesitely, facing, qullingunit and'f-itsgsupportingg rail infdettedeutline g vv Figure l2 ai plan?. of: twoquilling f .units3 oneappearing.. in 1.section gon rapprox-iin ately the line. 2;-2'51 Figa..l i and, ene.. showing. the cluteh cenneetedand .the other showing saidclutch disconneetedgl v y.

Figure a. freut.y elevation1` partly in section, othreeAqnillfingfunits; and..

Eigurefl' shows. a. detail.``

The driving belt a. efffthernaehine? only .the uppepstretchyof'vhiehlisshoWn, may be supporte@ and. diiiven.thef same f (afs. f-.the .mentioneclrpatent .h .One-g of. ltuh'epsaid. y.rai-ls, b whih.4with' .the belt'.eXtend hprkzontally and longitudinally. dl 'the.maehfinetfisH arranged' 4:5v5 aina,f somewhat higher elevatienthanf..the

, may hear againet lthe .top and v-'th'ese finit-he quillingfgunitslthat aremounted on the ftrailc'v mav bear againstV the "under si de,k`eff'said stretch ofthe belt., y l Eaelqu-illng unit includes Aagearheusing off general rectangular, l.forme which Ais secureduppn therailb(r c),- so that all the gear .hbusingson each; rail are faced 'in thesaxnesde'ctien vand Standlhlfose together, and each' .unit also includes.a .rWardlj7 proj ectingtruntife"which: in tpart frrns'fa.`housing;.,fria -eertain :barrel-eatin 23.

a A lremovable f rear' Wall. 16.-" This; catngf; has

havinigfan eceentriea'llimnounted if proj eet-ing: str netare'slconsists-1y of Yan up 71, bolted. t0 the; flgntv plateffvvcllandlfhaynga bearing. at;`- kif-1, a. bracket; dntegralfwithy th upright.and proj eeti-ngfz feifwarlly andl I1 downwardly'v andterminating:-in-L :1J-.beak ggj 60 channel with@v liquidg lubricant;as.. will ap'- peanl TheI shellm has allengtudinalJsltQ/m the Inemhelrt) ofla conefclnteh *.Alined 44vvf-,ith this shaft v ancl.- j ournaledvin the bearing-g im on plate d is :the spindle v; kept againstend y80Wise` mevenent the wcollais'v! one .on either; side f ofV the 'beaningfug; and vhaving ksplined"o nwits reaiyen-'df-(the spline-being`indicatedavt/Qy in 2)zrthe5cluteh' fineinberw to wagt-With. clutehrrnemblerggtheretbeingya n.85V cell-ar y fixed' on thefsp inlle andi aspiring'interposed/between'sueh .colflalffanditheflnemberA ai tofnorniallyfurge'the-flatten l rearward against' member-t 16.1 In'l a rbraeket.Qiattacl-ed to the shell- 7c and `aliurfeclwith'thespindle-isy `9() a.plungeri 3v nqrinalaly lepringepressed;k rear- Wardtowaifd,.thefspindleand-alapted to 'e0- act therewith'` to removably4V 'elanipf/ inf '1place the .pin r ori` which' thequill-Windin'gs are fermedfal'l thesaine as finthe.mgnie ed I enta A' pughfroct 5, .havingaaaierkfengaged lin a vrperipheral. groove -7in .tligecrllutehlmeni- [ber thatthereis-slight'longitudinal ymovabili'tyi ofsafidmerben relativelygtethepush-rod.) .isV normally pressed?? frwfardllfjf, .,100

- so l. as Lito'. dieestablish Aconfn'eetien.'betnenthe from shoulderl() so that theconsequent disestablishment of the clutch will stop thespindle.

The thread-traversing mechanism is in its essentials the same as in saidpatent. That is to say, there are the fork 13 pivoted at 13 v a certaindesired pitch at the end of the quill asset forth in said patent. Thecrosshead in the patent is reciprocated by a hook (24) which was capableof up and down motion with the cross-head due to the curvature of theslot corresponding to the above mentioned slot 17 yin which the lattermoved.'

In the present construction'thereis a traveller 19 reciprocatory in aright line on the horizontal rods 2O set in upright h and bracket i, andthis traveller is pivotally connected with the cross-head by a link21.The traveller has a dependingr roller'22 reaching through slot mand-this runs in the groove 23of` abarrel-cam 23 carried by a shaft 24ing contained in the housing lc Z and the shaft being journaled inbearings j and h. F or the proper lubricating of the groove of this camI fit in the channel or longitudinal well of the part n 'a wiper ofabsorbent material, as'felt, 25, which upstands sutiiciently to be'aragainst the periphery of the cam.

Capillary action will take the lubricant (oil) upto the cam Yin quantityVsufficient to lubricate its groove but not suiicie'nt to be thrown offbythe cam through slot m and possibly reach'y the material being wound.

Onv the rear end of shaft 24 is fixed' a gear 26 and on spindle/visfixed a pinion 27. Respectively1 meshing with these are the pinion 28and gear 29 of a transmission member whichis journaled on a shaft 30.This shaftl is' arranged in the U-shaped part 31 of a bracket 31 whichis pivoted on shaft 24 and has at its 'upper end a wing-bolt i 32penetrating an arcuate-slot 33 in a bracket projecting from a wall ofthe gear housing, 'the shaft being normally held against endwisemovement in the bracket` by the split hub 428 of the transmission memberbeing clamped to the shaft bya collar 34 secured on said hub by theset-screw 34. The ratio of the speeds of the spindle andthreadtraversing means may be altered by loosening the wing-bolt 32 andthe collar 34', with- 'l drawing the shaft 30 endwise through a suitablehole (not shown) in the rear, of the gearhousing, removin thetransmission member from the top of t 1e gear-housing, substituting forsaid transmission member another having a gear and pinion of differentsize, and re-securing said collar and bracket, the latter so that thetransmission member mesheswith gear 26 and pinion 27.

The employment of a cam rotating on an axis parallel with that of thespindle for effecting reciprocation of the thread-traversing means notonly brings about a motion of the parts that is smoother, i. e., lessvibratory, `than is possible byusing a means-for reciprocating saidtraversing means which oscillates on an axis ltransversely to thespindle, as in the said patent, but it makes it possible to drive saidthread-traversing means from the spindle itself and that in turn makesit possible to construct each quilling unit as aself-contained entity,toincrease 4the compactness thereof, and to make the stopping' andstarting of the means for actuating lthe thread-traversing means dependdirectly on the starting and stopping I of the spindle, so that specialmeans for starting and stopping the traversing means has not to be takeninto account. j

j I use` a barrel cam, specifically, so that, in combination with anabsorbent wiper, as 25, bearing against the periphery thereof,therewill' occur asexplained a taking up of lubrivcant by the cam in justenough quantity to rotating on a horizontal axis, the cam besupply thegroove 23 without the oil being thrown oft by the cam which rotates atconsiderable velocity. j i

To changethe cam for another it is only necessary to removeV the lowershell Z of its housing and withdraw shaft 24 after releasing the gear 26thereon. j

The gear housing yaffords not only means for containing. the gearing butthe main support for each quilling unit, which can be attached to thesupporting rail with its drive whirl projecting rearwardly so as tocontact with the belt a and with the winding mechanism proper and camhousing k-Z projecting forwardly in convenient position with respect tothe operator and so as to have .lel withthe spindle, means to .transmitlmovement from thev cam to said mechanism, and a lubricant absorbingwiper extending longitudinallyk of and bearing against the peripheryofthe cam.4

2, In combination, a support, a horizontal .ready access for adjustment,repairs or inj 1,457,294 l vr3 rotary spindle journaled therein, athreadsupport having a lubricant Wellextending traversing mechanismmovable -rback and longitudinally of thejcam, and an absorbent forth insaid support substantially length- I Wiper in the Well extendinglongitudinally 10 l wise of the spindle, a barrel cam journaled of andbearing against the cam. 5 in said support beside and on an axis paral-In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

lel With the spindle, means to transmit movej ment from the cam to saidmechanism, said l GEORGE ADSIT.

